Bob Dold

Bob Dold (23 July 1969-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-IL 10) from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Mark Kirk and preceding Brad Schneider) and from 3 January 2015 to 3 January 2017 (interrupting Schneider's terms).

Biography
Bob Dold was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1969, and he was a small business owner before entering politics as a fiscally conservative and socially moderate Republican. A member of the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 and from 2015 to 2017, he supported abortion rights, gay marriage, immigration reform, Obamacare, gun control, and measures against climate change. He was defeated for re-election by moderate Democrat Brad Schneider in 2012, defeated Schneider in a rematch in 2014, and against lost re-election in 2016.